Dave King--Pee Wee Hunt & Orchestra--Four Freshmen--Frank Sinatra

Mixed colours now in shade and sound !

1. Memories Are Made Of This......Dave King

2. I've Changed My Mind A Thousand Times......Dave King

3. Twelve Street Rag......Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra

4. Somebody Else Not Me......Pee Wee Hunt Vocal

5. Love Is Just Around The Corner......Four Freshmen

6. Angel Eyes......Four Freshmen

7. My Blue Heaven......Frank Sinatra

8. Should I......Frank Sinatra

Dave King (born David Kingshott; 23 June 1929 – 15 April 2002) was an English comedian, actor and vocalist of popular songs. He is remembered for screen roles such as the corrupt policeman 'Parky' in the British gangster film The Long Good Friday (1980)[1] and Clifford Duckworth in the soap opera Coronation Street.

King scored four hits on the UK Singles Chart in the middle of the 1950s. The biggest were "Memories Are Made of This (No. 5, 1956) and "You Can't Be True to Two" (No. 11, 1956), both of which featured a backing group called the Keynotes.

Walter Gerhardt "Pee Wee" Hunt (May 10, 1907 – June 22, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist, vocalist, and bandleader.Pee Wee Hunt was the co-founder and featured trombonist with the Casa Loma Orchestra, but he left the group in 1943 to work as a Hollywood radio disc jockey before joining the Merchant Marine near the end of World War II. He returned to the West Coast music scene in 1946. His "Twelfth Street Rag" was a three million-selling,number one hit in September 1948.

The Four Freshmen is an American male vocal quartet that blends open-harmonic jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires, The Pied Pipers, and The Mel-Tones, founded in the barbershop tradition. The Four Freshmen is considered a vocal band because the singers accompany themselves on guitar, horns, bass, and drums, among other instrumental configurations.

      3. Twelve Street Rag

Monty Sunshine Quartet--Chris Barber's Jazz Band--Metropolitan Symphony Orch--Mark Hambourg--Jack Hylton's Orch

Got a bit of everything in this selection !

1. Old Rugged Cross......Monty Sunshine Quartet

2. Bye And Bye......Chris Barber's Jazz Band

3. Lilac Time Part 1......Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

4. Lilac Time Part 2......Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

5. Chopin's Polonaise In B Flat Major Op 71 No 2......Mark Hambourg

6. Chopin's Waltz In G Flat op 70 No 1......Mark Hambourg

7. The Springtime Reminds Me Of You......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

8. Love For Sale......Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

Monty Sunshine (9 April 1928 – 30 November 2010) was an English jazz clarinetist, who is known for his clarinet solo on the track "Petite Fleur", a million seller for the Chris Barber Jazz Band in 1959. During his career, Sunshine worked with the Eager Beavers, the Crane River Jazz Band, Beryl Bryden, George Melly, Chris Barber, Johnny Parker, Diz Disley and Donegan's Dancing Sushine Band.

Donald Christopher Barber OBE (born 17 April 1930) is an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. As well as scoring a UK top twenty trad jazz hit, he helped the careers of many musicians, notably the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s and who had his first transatlantic hit, "Rock Island Line".

In 1959, the band's October 1956 recording of Sidney Bechet's "Petite Fleur", a clarinet solo by Monty Sunshine with Dick Smith on bass, Ron Bowden on drums and Dick Bishop on guitar, spent twenty-four weeks in the UK Singles Charts, making it to No. 3 and selling over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.

Mark Hambourg (Russian:1 June 1879 – 26 August 1960) was a Russian-British concert pianist.

In London in 1895 Henry Wood conducted a concert at St James's Hall in which Hambourg played three piano concerti. According to Wood, his appearance and technique were compared to that of Anton Rubinstein, and Ferruccio Busoni later told Wood that Hambourg's was then the greatest talent of the time.Hambourg's career survived World War I and he remained a very famous performer throughout the 1920s and 1930s. After the war, he again took up his programme of world touring, visiting France, South Africa and Canada, and making regular provincial tours in Britain, and he made a further world tour before 1924.

Jack Hylton (born John Greenhalgh Hilton; 2 July 1892 – 29 January 1965) was an English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario.

Hylton rose to prominence during the British dance band era, being referred as the "British King of Jazz" and "The Ambassador of British Dance Music" by the musical press, not only because of his popularity which extended throughout the world, but also for his use of unusually large ensembles for the time and his polished arrangements. He mostly retired from the music industry after 1940, becoming a successful theatrical businessman until his death.

      1. The Old Rugged Cross

Frank Sinatra--Beniamino Gigi--Jimmy Young--The Crew Cuts

A shake and mix selection !.....With a Vintage Sinatra !

1. If You Are But A Dream......Frank Sinatra

2. Kiss Me Again......Frank Sinatra

3. Torna A Sorrento......Beniamino Gigi

4. Mattinata......Beniamino Gigli

5. Its All In The Game......Jimmy Young

6. Sin......Jimmy Young

7. Sh- Boom......The Crew Cuts

8. I Spoke Too Soon......The Crew Cuts

Beniamino Gigi ( 20 March 1890 – 30 November 1957) was an Italian opera singer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tenors of his generation...Gigli rose to true international prominence after the death of the great Italian tenor Enrico Caruso in 1921. Such was his popularity with audiences he was often called "Caruso Secondo", though he much preferred to be known as "Gigli Primo". In fact, the comparison was not valid as Caruso had a bigger, darker, more heroic voice than Gigli's.Early in his career, Gigli was known for a beautiful, soft and honey-like lyric voice, with incredible mezza-voice, allowing him to sing light, lyrical roles. As he grew older, his voice developed some dramatic qualities.

Sir Jimmy Young CBE (21 September 1921 – 7 November 2016), was an English singer, disc jockey and radio personality. Early in his career in the 1950s he had two number ones, "Unchained Melody" and "The Man from Laramie", both in 1955, and several other top ten hits in the UK chart, but he became better known for his long-running show on BBC Radio 2, The JY Prog, which ran from 1973 until 2002.Young signed to the new Polygon Records in 1950, joining Petula Clark, Louis Prima and Dorothy Squires. All his recordings on the label were conducted by Ron Goodwin.

The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet, that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States and worldwide. They named themselves after the then popular crew cut haircut, one of the first connections made between pop music and hairstyle.Their first cover, "Sh-Boom" (of which the R&B original was recorded by The Chords) hit #1 on the charts in 1954. A number of other hits followed including "Earth Angel" which rose to the number 2 spot on the charts and had great success in the UK and Australia. Many of the non-cover songs of theirs that became hits in Canada were unknown in the United States, while it was only their covers that had great success in the United States.

      7. Sh-Boom

Eddie Condon--Alex Hill--George Alexander--George Formby

A trio of sounds from the past !

1. Yes Suh......Eddie Condon & His Rhythmakers

2. Song Of The Plow.......Alex Hill & His Hollywood Sepians

3. In The Sweet By And By......George Alexande

4. Nazareth......George Alexande

5. Rhythm In The Alphabet......George Formby

6. Our Sergent Major......George Formby

Albert Edwin "Eddie" Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang.

George Alexander was born in Baltimore on July 9, 1867, his birth name was Clifford Alexander Wiley. His initial recording activity was for Zonophone Records in 1902, and he subsequently recorded for Columbia Talking Machine Co. in 1903, where he produced the majority of his output. He also recorded a few sides for Victor Records in 1903. The same year, he made cylinder records for Edison under the pseudonym Arthur Clifford. He died on March 2, 1913 in New York at the age of 45.
 

George Formby, OBE (born George Hoy Booth; 26 May 1904 – 6 March 1961) was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comical songs, usually playing the ukulele or banjo, and became the UK's highest-paid entertainer.

      5. Rhythm In The Alphabet

Johnny Brandon--Winifred Atwell--Nat King Cole--Stan Kenton--Ethel Smith--Les Paul & Mary Ford--Dean Martin

 5 Black Ones and 1 Blue One !

1. Nothing......Johnny Brandon

2. Painting The Clouds With Sunshine.....Johnny Brandon

3. Jezebel......Winifred Atwell

4. Choo Choo Samba......Winifred Atwell

5. Orange Coloured Sky......Nat King Cole With Stan Kenton & Orch

6. Jam-Bo......Stan Kenton with Nat King Cole

7. Sleigh Ride......Ethel Smith

8. Bring Her Out Again.....Ethel Smith & Singers

9. The World is Waiting For The Sunrise......Les Paul & Mary Ford

10. Whispering......Les Paul

11. There's My Lover......Dean Martin

12. Kiss.....Dean Martin

Johnny Brandon (16 July 1925 – 26 July 2017) was an English singer and songwriter, popular during the 1950s, who recorded for a number of labels. His perennial backing group was known as The Phantoms. His early hits included "Tomorrow" and "Don't Worry". He also recorded versions of "Slow Poke" (re-titled as "Slow Coach") and "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine".

Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so.

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer and jazz pianist. He recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer-songwriter Natalie Cole (1950–2015).

Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education, creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University.

Les Paul and Mary Ford were a popular 1950s husband-and-wife musical duo, who performed and recorded during 1945—1963. They both sang and played guitars.

Ford and Paul were music superstars during the first half of the 1950s, putting out 28 hits for Capitol Records between 1950 and 1957, including "Tiger Rag", "Vaya con Dios" (11 weeks at #1), "Mockin' Bird Hill" (top 10), "How High the Moon" (nine weeks at #1), "Bye Bye Blues" and "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise".

Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool".

Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin & Lewis, in 1946. They performed in nightclubs and later had numerous appearances on radio, television and in films. Following an acrimonious ending of the partnership in 1956, Martin pursued a solo career as a performer and actor.

      5. Orange Coloured Sky

Nelson Eddy--Billy Eckstine--Ruby Murray--Frankie Vaughan

 4 x 78's = 8 Tracks

1. When I Grow To Old To Dream......Nelson Eddy

2. Auf Wiederseh'n......Nelson Eddy

3. All Of My Life......Billy Eckstine

4. Poor Little Heart......Billy Eckstine

5. Softly Softly......Ruby Murray

6. What Could be More Beautiful......Ruby Murray

7. Happy Days Are Here Again......Frankie Vaughan

8. Danger Signs......Frankie Vaughan

Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 – March 6, 1967) was an American singer, baritone and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby soxers and opera purists, and in his heyday, he was the highest paid singer in the world.

William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing era. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. His recording of "I Apologize" (MGM, 1948) was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. The New York Times described him as an "influential band leader" whose "suave bass-baritone" and "full-throated, sugary approach to popular songs inspired singers like Earl Coleman, Johnny Hartman, Joe Williams, Arthur Prysock and Lou Rawls."

      4. Poor Little Heart

Frank Sinatra--Johnnie Ray--Lonnie Donegan--Vic Damone--Peggy Lee--Doris Day

 An upto date lot now ...If you could call the 50's an update !

1. I Only Have Eyes For You......Frank Sinatra

2. I Don't Know Why......Frank Sinatra

3. Yes Tonight Josephine......Johnnie Ray

4. No Wedding Today......Johnnie Ray

5. The Grand Coolie Dam......Lonnie Donegan

6. Nobody loves Like An Irishman......Lonnie Donegan

7. An Affair To Remmber......Vic Damone

8. The Legend of The Bells......Vic Damone

9. They Can't Take That Away From Me......Peggy Lee

10. We Laughed At Love......Peggy Lee

11. The River Seine......Doris Day

12. There's A Bluebird On Your Shoulder......Doris Day

John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll," and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.

Anthony James Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians. Born in Scotland and raised in England, he was Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before the Beatles.Donegan had 31 UK top 30 hit singles, 24 being successive and three at number one. He was the first British male singer with two US top 10 hits. Donegan received an Ivor Novello lifetime achievement award in 1995 and, in 2000, he was made an MBE.

Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer, actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and other hits like "On the Street Where You Live" (from My Fair Lady) and "I Have But One Heart".

Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music.she recorded over 1,100 masters and composed over 270 songs.In 1942, Lee had her first number-one hit, "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place", followed in 1943 by "Why Don't You Do Right?", which sold more than one million copies and made her famous. She sang with Goodman's orchestra in two 1943 films, Stage Door Canteen and The Powers Girl.

      9.They Can't Take That Away From Me

Paul Anka--Primo Scala Accordian Band--Randolph Sutton

A  mixed trio from way back !!

1. Diana......Paul Anka

2.  Don't Gamble With Love......Paul Anka

3. Bluebell Polka......Primo Scala and His Accordian Band

4. Johnny Ragtime......Primo Scala And His Accordiuan Band

5. Georgie What a Fine How Do You Do......Randolph Sutton

6. Round Riley's Red Barn......Randolph Sutton

Paul Albert Anka OC (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor. Anka became famous with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". He wrote such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones's biggest hits, "She's a Lady". He also wrote the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. 

Henry "Harry" Bidgood (1898 – 15 November 1957), was an English composer, dance band leader and musical director for films.Born in London, he studied at The Royal College of Music. Bidgood released dance band music under various names, mostly notably Primo Scala and his Accordion Band. Over the course of 20 years he would frequently broadcast on the BBC. Bidgood was also the musical director for numerous films including several George Formby films. Apart from the many recordings made under his own name, he also recorded as 'Rossini' and 'Don Porto'. As 'Primo Scala' he broadcast regularly on 'Music While You Work' until just before his death in November 1957.

John Randolph Sutton (24 July 1888 – 28 February 1969) was an English singer and comic entertainer in music hall and variety shows.Sutton was a prolific recording artist during the late 1920s and 1930s, and many of his records are of a suggestively humorous nature. Among his recordings were "Jolly Good Company" (1931) and "The Sun Has Got His Hat On" (1932). While his best-known song (though first performed by Fred Barnes) was "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep", this was never recorded commercially, but private recordings were made and subsequently released on commercial compilations, including one recorded as late as January 1969, shortly before his death.

      3. Bluebell Polka

     

David Whitfield--Jay Wilber Band--Hal Swain Band--Frank Sinatra--Malcolm Vaughan

 Not as much background noise on these selections as the one below so enjoy the sound !

1. Rags To Riches......David Whitfield

2. Mardi Gras......David Whitfield

3. You Are My Hearts Delight......Jay Wilber & His Band

4. Tango Lady......Hal Swain & His Band

5. I Could Write A Book......Frank Sinatra

6. Nevertheless......Frank Sinatra

7. Every Day Of My life......Malcolm Vaughan

8. Mama......Malcolm Vaughan

                                                                        David Whitfield

James Edward Wilbur (1898–1968) was a British bandleader and prolifically recorded musician identified with and influential in the era of Big Band and British dance band music.

Wilbur broadcast for the BBC in the 1930s, often featuring guest artists such as Fats Waller. In 1941 he appeared as himself in the film Hi Gang!.Jay Wilbur and His Band performed extensively for Allied military servicemembers during World War II. He is known for recording established tunes while rendering them in foxtrot style.

Hal Swain

 

Frank Sinatra

Malcolm Vaughan

Malcolm Vaughan (22 March 1929 – 9 February 2010) was a Welsh traditional pop music singer and actor. Known for his distinctive tenor voice, he had a number of chart hits in the United Kingdom during the 1950s.

4. Tango Lady

Skyrockets Orch--Frankie Laine--Nat Star & Orch--Band Of H.M.Scots Guards

 Some well worn records now just shows what a metal needle and time can do to these 78's...still in the days when these were made nothing else was available but wind up systems !!

1. Rambling Rose......The Skyrockets Orch Vocal.. Doreen Lundy

2. A Kiss And a Rose......The Sky Rockets Orch..Vocal Dick James

3. I'm Just A Poor Batchelor......Frankie Laine

4. Tonight You Belong To Me......Frankie Laine

5. Adeline......Nat Star and His Orchestra

6. Little White Lies....Nat Star And His Orchestra

7. In a Monastery Garden......Band Of H.M. Scots Guards

8. In A Persian Market......Band Of H.M. Scots Guards

                                                             The Skyrockets Orchestra

Dorren Lundy & Dick James

  Doreen Lundy .      Vocalist born in Ireland and raised in England. She became a singer for "The Skyrockets" dance band in 1944 and married its leader, Paul Fenoulhet, in 1949. 

   Dick James (born Leon Isaac Vapnick; 12 December 1920 – 1 February 1986) was a British music publisher and singer, and, together with his son Stephen, founded the DJM record label and recording studios, as well as (with Brian Epstein) the Beatles' publisher Northern Songs

                                                                         Frankie Laine

                                                                       Nat Star & Orchestra

Nat was reed player with many bands in the 1920's. Highlights of this career included Jack Hylton sessions Feb-Nov 1923 and one in Mar 1927, many sessions with Stan Greening 1924-31 whose recordings were issued on Columbia, Regal and Imperial labels. As well as Stan Greening and his Orchestra the records were also issued with pseudonyms like Corona Dance Orchestra, Raymond Dance Band, Hannan Dance Band.

1. Rambling Rose

Frankie Vaughan--Frank Weir & Orchestra--Suzi Miller--Benny Goodman & Martha Tilton

 1. Unsuspecting Heart......Frankie Vaughan

 2. Too Many Heartaches......Frankie Vaughan

 3. Mister Cuckoo Sing Your Song......Frank Weir & His Orchestra

 4. If Ever You Go To Paree......Frank Weir & His Orchestra

 5. Happy Days And Lonely Nights......Suzi Miller

 6. Tell Me Tell Me......Suzi Miller

 7. And The Angels Sing......Benny Goodman & Martha Tilton

 8. Don't Be That Way......Benny Goodman

Frankie Vaughan CBE DL (born Frank Fruim Abelson; 3 February 1928 – 17 September 1999) was an English singer and actor who recorded more than 80 easy listening and traditional pop singles in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after one of his early hits. Two of Vaughan's singles topped the UK Singles Chart - "The Garden of Eden" (1957) and "Tower of Strength" (1961).

                                                                      Frank Weir
Frank Weir (30 January 1911 – 12 May 1981) was a British orchestra leader and jazz musician. He reached number 1 one on the UK Singles Chart in 1954 with Vera Lynn on a recording of the song "My Son, My Son", receiving positive reviews in Variety, Cash Box and Billboard.

His version of "The Happy Wanderer" became one of the most popular recordings of 1954, in both the UK and the US. It featured Weir's soprano saxophone solos between verses. It reached number 12 on the NME's short-lived "Best Selling Singles By British Artists" chart in 1954.

Vocalist Suzi Miller is probably best known for her hit recording in 1955 of "Happy Days and lonely Nights", but Suzi's career covered many years and some excellent recordings, such as "Dance with me, Henry" and "Tweedle Dee".

                                                                 Benny Goodman

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".In the mid-1930s, Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in the United States. His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938 is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music.Goodman's bands started the careers of many jazz musicians. During an era of racial segregation, he led one of the first integrated jazz groups. He performed nearly to the end of his life while exploring an interest in classical music.

       7.And The Angels Sing